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Which American city is best for raising free children? (mindly.social)
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Which American city is best for raising free children?

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With 90s-and-earlier style independence. Could it be Salt Lake City? Inspired by this:

"Utah Free Range Parenting Law [...] says that letting your kids play outside, walk to school, wait briefly in the car (under some circumstances) or come home with a latchkey is not neglect unless something else seriously bad is going on."

https://letgrow.org/state/utah/

#urbanism #WalkableCities #SaltLakeCity #SLC #Utah #parenting #childhood

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[โ€“] CaptFeather@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

To add to your first point, it's actually safer than "back in the day" for kids. They're also much more likely to be abused/abducted by a trusted relative than a stranger. Much like airplane crashes though, abductions make headlines so everyone thinks they're much more prevalent.

[โ€“] AnarchoYeasty@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago

Every single person who abused my wife growing up was someone she loved and trusted. It was entirely people who didn't want the government or cps telling them how to raise a kid because they know how to do it because they are old school and have "common sense". Never once was it an abduction